Genesis 1:7:15Gen.1.7.W15PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִי־כֵֽן׃
vayehikhen
“{And} it was so”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-KHEN
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-KHEHN
- IPA
- /va.jə.hiː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it was so
- French
- {Et} il en fut ainsi
- Spanish
- {Y} fue así
- Portuguese
- {E} foi assim
- German
- {Und} so war es
- Russian
- {И} стало так
- Arabic-Simplified
- {وَ} كَانَ كَذَلِكَ
- Hindi
- {और} ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且} 就如此成了
- Korean
- {그리고} 그렇게 되었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} demikianlah terjadi
- Bengali
- {এবং} এমনই হলো
- Tagalog
- {At} nagkagayon
- Swahili
- {Na} ikawa hivyo
- Amharic
- {እና} እንዲሁ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} ó rí bẹ́ẹ̀
- Igbo
- {Na} ọ dị otu a
- Twi
- {Na} ɛyɛɛ saa
- Ewe
- {Ke} eye nenema
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-KHEN
- sentence
va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:7
God {And He} made the expanse separated between the waters that are under the expanse and between the waters that are above the expanse {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 1:7, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי־כֵֽן׃ (vayehikhen) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.1.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.7.W15.S1) and character.